Maxon Crumb
American artist
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::summary American artist ::
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Maxon Crumb |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Albert Lea, Minnesota, US |
| field | Painting, drawing, writing |
| works | Crumb Family Comics, Maxon's Poe, HardCore Mother |
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| name = Maxon Crumb | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Albert Lea, Minnesota, US | death_date = | death_place = | field = Painting, drawing, writing | works = Crumb Family Comics, Maxon's Poe, HardCore Mother Maxon Joseph Crumb (born March 28, 1945) is an American artist and the younger brother of underground cartoonist Robert Crumb and Charles Crumb, and the uncle of Sophie Crumb.
Biography
Crumb was born in Albert Lea, Minnesota on March 28, 1945, the third son of Charles and Beatrice Crumb. Maxon's Poe (1997), and Crumb Family Comics (Last Gasp, 1998).
His first published novel, HardCore Mother (2000), was a study of incest and sadism. After its publication in 2001, his work found a wider audience.
Crumb was featured in the documentary Crumb, about his brother, Robert.
Art practice
Crumb initially started painting as a way to deal with his own personal demons. He has subsequently managed to earn money from his art.
His paintings and ink drawings can take weeks or months to complete. During this time, Maxon says that he will enter into an intense creative state where the work becomes paramount, to the detriment of normal everyday concerns, including eating.
Crumb's drawings are available online as well as fine art limited-edition prints.
Personal life
| float = right | topic = Bank of America, 1969, San Francisco | image1 = Maxon Crumb sits begging In addition to his brothers Charles and Robert, Maxon also had two sisters, Carol DeGennaro (1941–2020) and Sandra Colorado (1946–1998).
Crumb practices celibacy and has done so for many years because, as he has explained in interviews, for him, sex triggers epileptic seizures. In the 1994 documentary Crumb, he admitted to a history of sexually assaulting women.
References
References
- Davis, Carol Anne. (2006). "Sadistic Killers: Profiles of Pathological Predators". Summersdale Publishers.
- "Liquidator Magazine". Word-Play.com.
- [https://comics.lib.msu.edu/rri/crri/crumb.htm Index to Comic Art Collection: "Crumb, Aline" to "Crumb, Robert" (A-K titles)], comics.lib.msu.edu. Accessed December 1, 2022.
- "HardCore Mother". Word-Play.com.
- "Maxon Crumb Original Art". Word-Play.com.
- Guthmann, Edward (May 26, 1995). [http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/FILM-REVIEW-Exposing-the-Nerves-of-Crumb-s-3032310.php "Exposing the Nerves of Crumb 's Tortured Soul - Film profiles underground artist of '60s"]. ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
- Edward Guthmann. (2006-10-03). "Still in the shadows, an artist in his own right". San Francisco Chronicle.
- "Maxon Crumb Current Works". Word-Play.com.
- Kreisel, Bob. "Stock Photo - man sits begging in front of Bank of America in 1969 in San Francisco".
- [https://www.fhnfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Carol-Degennaro/#!/Obituary Obituary; Carol Veronica Degennaro], fhnfuneralhome.com. Accessed December 1, 2022.
- Lovece, Frank. (June 2, 1995). "A new documentary focuses on Robert Crumb -- ''Crumb'' highlights the cartoonist's dysfunctional family".
- (23 June 1995). "Grotesque, seedy and perverse such is life in 'Crumb'".
- Deutsch, Ron. "Chef du Cinema: Crumb".
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